Jake Busey

Tall and blonde, Busey actually made his film debut as a lad in 1978, playing his father as a boy in "Straight Time". His next paying job was also connected with his father, providing Gary's voice as a teen-ager in the thriller "Hider in the House" (1989). Busey began actually working in films in 1994, with the small role of a fired driver in "I'll Do Anything" followed by the role of Mersh, a deadhead, in "PCU" (also 1994). In 1996, he could be seen as the mobile lab technician on the ill-fated rival research crew run by Cary Elwes in "Twister" and had a co-starring role in "The Frighteners". In 1997, Busey's stock in Hollywood rose as he was cast in four features: "Quiet Days in Hollywood"... Continue Bio >>